The latest news with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is their announcement to put up as much as $20 million in funding for projects for supporting new technology. This will help with online learning to improve college readiness. This will be one of the first steps in the series of "Next Generation Learning Challenges". The U.S must work to stay ahead of the rest of the world as they are now. We can do nothing and lose our first place spot of superpowers, or we can create programs and work to better the country to stay ahead. The Gates Foundation has noticed the need to stay ahead with our education system. That is where competition is heaviest because once that step is finished you are in the real world competing for jobs with people from all over the world. The Grants-in-Aid tool of government is the basis for this assistance from the Gates Foundation. This financial assistance will be distributed throughout all the state governments to put towards their education sector.
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Michelle Watkins
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I think the Gates Foundation is very smart for offering $20 million in Education Tech Grants. They clearly understand to better our country for the future, it begins with education. Having a good education has become essential to obtaining a good life in the world. The "Next Generation Learning Challenges" should be an exciting series for our educational system. Hopefully this is just the begining of the Gates Foundation's support to the education system of America.
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